Public Spaces

The decision comes days after a group of residents filed a lawsuit seeking to stop the park renovation.

Head gardener Sandi Polyakov says the cherry blossoms evoke a poetic moment of ephemerality.

Police were contacted just before noon Tuesday by a surveyor doing work near a water retention basin near the intersection of Welsh Road and Grist Mill Drive by Orvilla Road.

Artist Xenobia Bailey’s “Radical Black Elite” spotlights the civic strength of 18th- and 19th-century Black residents in Philadelphia.

After taking office, Parker promised to make Philly the “safest, cleanest, and greenest big city in the nation.” Advocates for parks and youth sports have high hopes.

With warm weather coming, it's time to dust off your bike and pump up those tires. We're talking about the joys of biking and the best places to do it in our region.

"We will finally be repairing a historic wrong,” said U.S. Rep. Brendan Boyle.

Many libraries in N.J. have high-tech devices, child learning toys and machinery for patrons to borrow.

Meredith Foote, a veteran educator who taught school in Philadelphia and Newark, was named executive director of TGR Learning Lab in July.

New Jersey on Friday chose 18 Jersey Shore towns to share $100 million from a new program to fund repairs, reconstruction or expansions of boardwalks.

Jim Alturo, of Cinnaminson, N.J., is donating one penny to the American Lung Association for every cigarette butt he picks up.

Starting Monday, passengers with a SEPTA Key card can tap in up to five riders for the same trip.

While competing for prizes, participants learn about Philly history during the Fairmount Park scavenger hunt.

At issue are 48 mature trees, which the Fairmount Park Conservancy proposes cutting down to make way for athletic fields.

About half of those injured in the Kansas City Super Bowl parade shooting were children. Some parents now think twice about bringing kids to big, crowded events.